Surgical-site infection

Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 426-430

  Bagnall, Nigel Mark ^a   Vig, Stella ^a   Trivedi, Prateesh ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost; NICE guidelines; prevention; surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 72149094641     PISSN: 02639319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2009.08.007     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. Mangram A.J., Horan T.C., Pearson M.L., et al. Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 20 (Apr 1999) 250-278 quiz 279-80
2. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System. NNIS report, data summary from January 1992 to June 2002, issued August 2002. Am J Infect Control 30 (Dec 2002) 458-475
3. McDougall C., Wilson J., and Leong G. The National scheme for surveillance of surgical site infection in England. JOODP 1 (2004) 12-17
4. Mayon-White R.T., Ducel G., Kereselidze T., et al. An international survey of the prevalence of hospital-acquired infection. J Hosp Infect 11 (Feb 1988) 43-48
5. Kirkland K.B., Briggs J.P., Trivette S.L., et al. The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 20 (Nov 1999) 725-730
6. National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Surgical site infection prevention and treatment of surgical site infection (October 2008), Clinical Guideline
7. Qadan M., Akça O., Mahid S.S., Hornung C.A., and Polk Jr. H.C. Perioperative supplemental oxygen therapy and surgical site infection: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch Surg 144 (2009 Apr) 359-366 [discussion 366-7. Review]
8. Singhal H., Kaur K., Zammit C., et al. Wound infection (2008), Emedicine
9. Smuth E.T., McIlvenny G., Enstone J.E., et al. Four Country healthcare associated infection prevalence survey 2006: overview of results. J Hosp Infect 69 (2008) 230-248
10. Surgical site infection surveillance in England. CDR Weekly 14 (20 May 2004)